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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
to contrive a system of delegated authority - or to compare the need for it with human institutions and structures - is to disbelieve the gospel of Christ.
Thoughts?
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Amen. "There is one mediator between man and God, and that is the man Christ Jesus." I remember that quote from somewhere. Or am I misremembering it?
And who mediates between the sinner and Christ? "The Holy Spirit, whom I shall send; he will lead you into all of the reality of our Father's kingdom". The spirit brings us into all of the reality of what Christ taught and lived. Not some of the reality, but all of it.
Of course this is within the context of the collective. And there is hierarchy within the collective. Some have one talent, some two, some five. Some rule over one city, some over ten. But it cannot be overstressed that: A) the disciples were continually bickering over which of them was the "alpha dog", and could be seen angling for choice positions; and B) Jesus completely flipped this fallen and natural survival instinct, which otherwise becomes a constant motive force driving our collective [read: organizational] behaviors, on its pointy little head.
And how soon are these things forgotten, whenever two or three gather in the Name!